 AAS/AIAA Paper Abstract Verification of the Java Orekit implementation of the Draper
Semi-analytical Satellite Theory (DSST) is discussed. The Orekit library
for space flight dynamics has been published under the open-source
Apache license V2. The DSST is unique among analytical and
semi-analytical satellite theories due to the scope of the included
force models. However, the DSST has not been readily accessible to the
wider Astrodynamics research community. Implementation of the DSST in
the Orekit library is a comprehensive task because it involves the
migration of the DSST to the object-oriented Java language and to a
different functional decomposition strategy. The resolution of the code
and documentation anomalies discovered during the verification process
is the important product of this project. Cefola P., Bentley B., Maisonobe L., Parraud P., Di-Costanzo R.
& Folcik Z. (2013) Verification of the OREKIT Java implementation of
the Draper semi-analytical satellite theory. Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting; in Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 148. ISBN: 978-0-87703-597-8 (pdf) Presentations |